Game paddle



e. M. YOUNG El AL 1 1,928,583

GAME PADDLE Filed Dec. 10, 1932 wit Patented Sept. 26, 1933 GAME PADDLEing, Memphis, Tenn.

Guy M. Young, Joe P. Bowers, and Roy W. Zear- Application December 10,1932 Serial No. 646,676

2 Claims. (01. 27397) This invention relates to devices for playinggames and particularly to paddles of that character in which a ball isattached to the paddle by a string and in which the object of the gameis to so manipulate the paddle and ball that the "ball will strikeagainst a selected portion of the paddle, if possible.

' The general object of the present invention is to provide a paddle ofthis character having a ball attached thereto by means of a string andhaving at the centerof the paddle, or at any other desired point, aplunger against which the player endeavors to project the ball, theplunger in turn being operatively connected to a bell clapper so thatwhen the ball strikes the plunger, the bell will ring.

Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, whereinF- Fig.1 'is a longitudinal sectional view of the game paddle constructed inaccordance with our invention;

Fig. 2 is a face view of the paddle;

Fig. 3 is a rear face view of the paddle;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section through the center of the paddle andthrough the bell;

Fig. 5 is an edge elevation of a modified form of our paddle.

Referring to the drawing-10 designates the paddle generally which isprovided with the handle 11 and with the approximately circular paddleportion 12.

I A ball 13 is attached to one face of the paddle by means of theelastic 14 which is shown as being attached to the face of the paddle bymeans of the staple 15. Extending loosely through the center of thepaddle portion 12 is a plunger 16 which may be in the form'of anordinary rivet having the relatively wide head 17 and at its other endbeing spread over a small washer 18. The shank of this rivet has alength greater than the thicknessof the paddle so that when the ballstrikes the rivet, the rivet will be moved inward 'in the manner of aplunger. Mounted on therear face of the paddle at any desired point isaasuppor't 19'which is shown as a strip of metal bent into anapproximate V-shape and having its'extre'mities attached to the face ofthe paddle.

as by tacks or brads 20. This support carries upon it the bell 21. Alsoattached to this face strip of resilient metal held at one endby' thetacks 23 and at the other end having a slight head. The resilience ofthis metal strip acts to force it toward the paddle and force theplunger 6 to have the ball strike the plunger,- forcing the of thepaddle is a tappet 22 consisting of a thin plunger inward and ringingthe bell. The object of the game, of course, is to ring the bell as manytimes as possible without a miss.

Obviously certain details of this construction might be modified withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appendedclaims.

Thus, for instance, while we design that the paddle'shall be made of plywood and have so shown it, we do not wish to be limitedto this nor 1 tothe particular form of the bell 21 nor the means for supporting the bellexcept 'as called for in the claims. Thus the clapper 22 might beomitted, in which case the plunger 16 would be disposed to impactagainst the gong as illustrated in Figure 5. In this instance, theplunger strikes the bell directly and the plunger is held forward by acone-shaped coil spring" 24 which is disposed around the plunger underits head and against the face side of the paddle; Neither do I wish tobe limited to'the use of a bell as a signal showing that the ball hashit the mark as some other noise producer might be disposed behind theplunger to be sounded thereby.

We claim: v

1. A paddle game of the character described, comprising a paddle havinga handle and a paddle portion, an elastic cord attach'ed to the faceofthepaddle and carrying a ball, a "plunger movable through the center ofthe paddle portion and having a head on'the face of the paddle and withwhich the ball is adapted to contact, a V-shaped support mounted uponthe back of the paddle and carrying a bell and a clapper attachedto therear face of the paddle and resiliently bearing against 5 the plungerand urging it outward, the clapper being arranged to strike the bellwhen the plunger is forced inward by contact with the ball.

2. A game paddle of the character described, having a handle, a paddleportion, a ball, a string connecting the ball to one face of the paddleportion, a plunger mounted for movement through the center of the paddleportion and having an enlarged head on that face of the paddle to whichthe cord is attached against which the ball may impact, a springattached to the rear face of the paddle portion and down over theplunger, the free end of the spring constituting a bell clapper and abell 'mounted upon the rear face of the paddle and against which the endof the spring clapper is adapted to engage when the plunger is struck bythe ball.

GUY M. YOUNGi, JOE P. BOWERSS, ROY W. ZEARING.

